Conwy Mountain or Mynydd y Dref (Town Mountain) 801ft, offers wonderful walking, at any time of year, just a few minutes from Conwy town. It’s at its most colourful in August, when the ling heather, bell heather and gorse are all in flower. Fine honey is made from the heather here, and it sells well at the 700-year old Conwy Honey Fair, every 13th September. There are easy to follow paths in all directions. This is a place where you can devise your own favourite walk. The path over the summit passes the Iron Age Hill Fort

Go well-prepared, with walking boots, an OL17 Explorer map, waterproofs, and food and drink. Take note of any warning signs, especially the sign warning of a steep drop. Enjoy your visit, and observe the Countryside Code and the Dog Walking Code

Feedback, June 2018I just wanted to thank you for your excellent directions on where to park and climb Conwy Mountain. My son who suffers from acute asthma has good days and bad days and today was not a great day, but he wanted a challenge bigger than Moel Famau, but didn’t want to travel as far as the Ogwen Valley (our usual haunt on good days) so we followed your directions, and just wanted to say how precise and perfect they were. We made it to the top and he felt accomplishedThanks again.

Waymarkers on Conwy Mountain.
The red and yellow signs refer to the 12-mile Upland Route of the Wales Coast Path, from Conwy to Llanfairfechan. We did this fine walk in October 2018. This is an alternative to the easier Coastal Route, which is marked with blue roundels.
The green North Wales Path signs refer to the path from Bangor to Prestatyn.
You can follow the red and yellow signs down to Capelulo and visit the Fairy Glen pub, or the Austrian Restaurant for Sunday lunch (where I won a yodelling competition some years ago).

Go through the arch, and follow the sign for Sychnant.

After 200 metres, parking for a few cars on roadside, near new houses at Rhodfa Sychnant.

Cross road, go through kissing gate, and follow footpath along field edge to a footbridge.

Up a narrow path. Cross the lane, Conwy Council sign on path, and continue up a steep path through bracken.

Turn left at the main path and stop for a rest by a very large rock. This path is a good route to take to go back down to Conwy later. You can visit the town and walk back up to the car.

Great views from here down to Conwy town and castle.

The main path continues over the mountain, with side paths in all directions.

From Mountain Road, parking at LL32 8PP

Leave Conwy by the Bangor Road arch. Take second left across a narrow bridge over the railway into Cadnant Park, with attractive Victorian houses. If on foot, pause to look down at the deep railway cutting.

Parking for a few cars on roadside, before road bears left and uphill. Take first turning on right onto Mountain Road.

Passing houses on both sides of the lane, you will reach a parking space (for residents) on the left. Mountain Road becomes a signposted footpath, and you are then on the track up Conwy Mountain.